Trotteur

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Trotteur
Directed by Arnaud Brisebois
Francis Leclerc
Produced byAntonello Cozzolino
StarringKyle Gatehouse
Cinematography Steve Asselin
Edited by Isabelle Malenfant
Music byLuc Sicard
Production
company
Cirrus Communications
Release date
2011
Running time
8 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Trotteur is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Arnaud Brisebois and Francis Leclerc and released in 2011. [1] Inspired in part by the legend of Alexis Lapointe, the film stars Kyle Gatehouse as a man who is trying to outrun a train. [2]

The film was screened at various film festivals, including the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival [3] and the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, [4] and was commercially distributed in Quebec as the opening film to screenings of The Artist . [1]

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2011, [5] and won the Jutra Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 André Duchesne, "Trotteur en première partie de The Artist". La Presse , November 22, 2011.
  2. Serge Gauthier, "La légende d’Alexis le Trotteur : une autre vie... après sa deuxième mort ?" Rabaska: Revue d'ethnologie de l'Amérique française, Vol. 10, 2012. pp. 210–215.
  3. "En bref - Trotteur voyage". Le Devoir , August 30, 2011.
  4. André Duchesne, "Trotteur à Tribeca". La Presse , March 16, 2012.
  5. "The Festival group releases Canada's annual top ten". Postmedia News, December 7, 2011.
  6. "Jutra 2012 - Les gagnants". HollywoodPQ, March 12, 2012.